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Designed by Walter Liberty Vernon in 1910 (Federation Free Style), and completed in 1912. From the (hideous) telegraph poles and lack of motor vehicles, the photo must be about 1912.

Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection For AB :) - Thanks for posting the Will Daley poster photos so quickly. I'm looking forward to the next installment! beachcomber australia The hideous poles have multiplied! Australian Heritage Database - Place ID: 1996

pellethepoet C l e v e r !

beachcomber australia Funny/clever (re telegraph poles): darlinghurstnights.com/2009/09/have-you-seen-this-telegra...

pellethepoet Funny Ha ha! Laughing Out Loud. [pretentious comment alert] Looking at the image again, the photographer has used the telegraph poles, wires and wire shadows extremely artfully to frame the building and enhance the composition and perspective. I bet it was John Degotardi Jnr. [pretentious comment over]

I think the bottom caption is incorrect (fault of the Tribune, not LOC): that's the Flood mansion on the right, if you compare to the pictures in the previous edition.

rjones0856 is right. The building on the right is James C. Flood's house, now the Pacific Union Club. The site of the Hopkins Art Institute, now the location of the Mark Hopkins Hotel, is concealed by the Flood house in this photo.

I've got some stereo pictures of the San Francisco Earthquake. Some time this week I'll scan them and add them to my photostream. People who still own an oldfashioned viewer are invited to modify my scans when I've finished my job. René Speur

His army records can be seen here. www.therooms.ca/regiment/soldier_files/Ellis_John_Joseph_... He was part of the original batch of volunteers that made up the regiment. He gave his home address as 359 South Side West, St John, the same address as his father, also a John Joseph. He enlisted on the 8th September 1914. He was single and gave his occupation as a Stone Mason. Army discipline was initially a problem - he has several periods of confined to barracks in England in the first half of 1915 for being absent from parade and dis-obeying orders. But there is nothing after he sailed with his regiment for Gallipoli, via Egypt, arriving at Suvla Bay on the night of the 19th/20th September 1915. On the 15th November 1915 he was seen at 26th Casualty Clearing Station at Suvla suffering from Jaundice and was medically evacuated to Alexandria. He was not fit until March by which time his unit were back in Egypt. He returned in time to travel with them to France, dis-embarking at Marseilles on the 22/03/1916. His indiscipline was behind him enough to be promoted to Lance Corporal on the 17th May 1916. On the 1st July he would be among the many "missing". In a letter dated 23rd November 1916, his parents were formally advised that the authorities were forced to conclude that John, like so many others from the province, were actually dead.

Moominpappa06 Thank you for adding all this fascinating information.

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